Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

Letter from the Editor

The Handwriting on the Wall for Wound Management

12/05/2019

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

We are at an important crossroads in the field of wound management. From the perspective of new technologies, the future is bright. Unfortunately, the future of the field itself is dismal. Under Medicare’s new Quality Payment Program (QPP),...

We are at an important...

12/05/2019

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From the Editor

Are People Starving In Your Waiting Room?

11/08/2018

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

What scares me the most about the following story is the fact that I did not pay attention to the problem until a few years ago, when we began developing quality measures for wound care practitioners. Now that I am paying attention, I’m...

What scares me the most about...

11/08/2018

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Letter from the Editor

From the Editor: The Chambers of HBOT

04/12/2010

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

One of my earliest childhood memories is of a hyperbaric chamber and a birthday cake. My father was working at the School of Aerospace Medicine at what was then called Brooks Field Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas. The “space race” of...

One of my earliest childhood...

04/12/2010

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Videos

How Angiosomes Can Help Us Understand Pressure Injuries

10/26/2022

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM, discusses her SAWC Fall presentation on angiosomes and pressure injuries, offering strategies on pressure injury prevention.

Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP,...

10/26/2022

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The ABCs of Wound Care Auditing

08/14/2012

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Although most clinicians are committed to excellence in patient care and honesty in service charges, the actions of unscrupulous practitioners and companies are bringing increased scrutiny on everyone. In February, federal authorities in...

Although most clinicians are...

08/14/2012

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Opening Arguments

A Brand New World

09/25/2009

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Dot Weir , RN, CWON, CWS;

Welcome to the first 2008 issue of Today’s Wound Clinic. Hopefully, you found the two 2007 issues relevant and meaningful and are ready to embark on a new year of sharing clinical and practical information. The four quarterly issues of TWC...

Welcome to the first 2008 issue...

09/25/2009

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Feature

Opening Your New Clinic: A Comprehensive Checklist

10/05/2017

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Cathy Thomas Hess , BSN, RN, CWCN, CWOCN;

Donna J. Cartwright , MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA;

Joe Darrah ;

Kathleen D. Schaum , MS;

Susie Seaman , NP, MSN, CWOCN;

Christopher A. Morrison , MD, FACHM, CWS, FCCWS;

Toni Turner , RCP, CHT, CWS, FCCWS;

Valerie Sullivan , PT, MS, CWS;

M. Darlene Carey , MBA;

Rex A. McCarty , MBA, CHT;

Taking your wound clinic from concept, to construction, to completion, to compliance is an arduous process. With this checklist, Today’s Wound Clinic provides to-be wound clinic directors with an overview of the many parameters that must be...

Taking your wound clinic from...

10/05/2017

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From the Editor

Thoughts on Sisyphus and Rehospitalization

03/11/2019

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

There is a word that describes most of my Mondays in the wound clinic: Sisyphean. You probably remember the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again, a laborious task...

There is a word that describes...

03/11/2019

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Yearly Checkup: Is Your Wound Care Clinic Successful?

07/10/2009

Chris Morrison , MD;

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Dot Weir , RN, CWON, CWS;

Valerie Sullivan , PT, MS, CWS;

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS, Founding Editorial Board Member of Today’s Wound Clinic, and President of Kathleen D. Schaum & Associates, Inc., Lake Worth, Fla., is the go to source for information regarding coding, coverage, and payment for the...

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS,...

07/10/2009

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The Challenges of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Clinical Practice

06/10/2010

Caroline E. Fife , MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM;

Dot Weir , RN, CWON, CWS;

The Challenges of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Clinical Practice This article is a joint effort by Dot and Caroline, bringing together perspectives from our combined (too many to confess) years of practice. We have brought our slightly...

The Challenges of Negative...

06/10/2010

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